ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION LTD

🌳Matureactive
09383005 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-302024-01-30
Average employees6300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-01
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2023-12-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2023-02-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-20
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-03-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2022-03-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-03-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-29
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2021-10-19
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-08-27
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    FINDLATER, Bing Mark appointed
    director
  16. 2021-08-27
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    WALTON, Patricia resigned
    director
  17. 2021-08-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2021-08-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2021-08-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2021-08-27
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    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-01-29
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    gazette · DISS40
  22. 2015-12-10
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    MILLS, Rebecca resigned
    director
  23. 2015-10-19
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    MILLS, Christopher resigned
    director
  24. 2015-09-29
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    WALTON, Stuart resigned
    director
  25. 2015-08-07
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    GORTON, Paul Craig appointed
    director
  26. 2015-08-07
    ➕
    MILLS, Rebecca appointed
    director
  27. 2015-08-07
    ➕
    WALTON, Patricia appointed
    director
  28. 2015-08-07
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    WALTON, Stuart appointed
    director
  29. 2015-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION LTD
  30. 2015-01-12
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    MILLS, Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bing Mark Findlater
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/08/2021
Mr Paul Craig Gorton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/09/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Patricia Waltonceased 27/08/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Stuart Waltonceased 27/08/2021· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Coburns House
Chichester Street
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL16 2AU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last made up to: 2025-01-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

FINDLATER, Bing Mark→
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORTON, Paul Craig→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLS, Christopher→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-01-12 · resigned 2015-10-19
Resigned
MILLS, Rebecca→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-08-07 · resigned 2015-12-10
Resigned
WALTON, Patricia→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-08-07 · resigned 2021-08-27
Resigned
WALTON, Stuart→
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-08-07 · resigned 2015-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-12-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-29